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Japan becomes Boeing’s newest customer of latest Chinook helo variant
(DOD) Japan has ordered 17 of the latest variant of the Boeing-manufactured CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter, the company said Thursday. The CH-47 Block II Chinook is an extended-range version of ...
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The Chinook is America’s Greatest Helicopter
A CH-47 can be reconfigured for various missions, whether it be transport, cargo delivery ... the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to the CH-47 Chinook and have found the former wanting.
3rd ID soldiers complete rare airborne resupply training
Soldiers at Fort Stewart got a training opportunity Wednesday, that brigade leaders tell us doesn’t come around very often.
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America’s Fastest Army Helicopter Is Also Its Biggest
which makes the Chinook less sensitive to changes in its center of gravity—a helpful feature for a heavy-lift helicopter flown with all different varieties of cargo. The Chinook first flew in ...
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Japan becomes Boeing’s newest customer of latest Chinook helo variant
An MH-47G Chinook helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment approaches a beach during training near Hurlburt Field, Florida, in February 2020. (DOD) 36,706 people played the ...